James Williams allegedly loots a hardware store

After locking his hardware store for the night, the deponent [Young] retired to his apartment, located directly above the business. A few hours later he “heard voices in the store... and saw about 4 men in the store taking [around $500 worth of] merchandise and discovered the window broken.” The defendant [Young] was later arrested, at West 118th Street and Lenox Avenue, in possession of a quantity of said property. [1 cloth lamp, $4, 1 bread box, 75c, 2 pails @85c each, 1 putcher, $1.25, 1 pan, 85c, 2 pots, 75c each, 2 pots, $1 each, 1 pan, 50c = petit larceny]

After locking his hardware store for the night, the deponent [Young] retired to his apartment, located directly above the business. A few hours later he “heard voices in the store... and saw about 4 men in the store taking [around $500 worth of] merchandise and discovered the window broken.” The defendant [Young] was later arrested, at West 118th Street and Lenox Avenue, in possession of a quantity of said property.